The Daily Globe - Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties

By RICHARD JENKINS rjenkins@yourdailyglobe.com EWEN — The board of education for the Gogebic-Ontonagon Intermediate School District voted Wednesday to promote Alan Tulppo to replace Bruce Mayle as GOISD superintendent once he retires. Mayle has...

Saturday, March 23 Union Station Food Pantry and Northern Food Bank, 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., 252 E. Ayer St., Ironwood. Alcoholics Anonymous, 11 a.m., Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Community Pickleball Paddlers, 2-5 p.m., Mercer School...

Friday, March 22 Mercer Cribbage, 9:30-11:30 a.m., Mercer Senior Center. Double Trouble, 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m., Serenity Center, Ironwood. Mercer Food Pantry, noon-1 p.m., Railroad Street, Mercer, Wis. Emergencies: 715-476-7655. Ironwood Carnegie...

Thursday, March 21 Gogebic-Ontonagon Community Action Agency food commodity distribution, seniors, 9:45-10 a.m. EST, Lake Gogebic Senior Center, Bergland; 10:20-10:35 a.m. EST, Porcupine Mountain Senior Center, White Pine; 11-11:45 a.m. EST, Holy...

By JAN TUCKER jantuck@jamadots.com ONTONAGON — The Ontonagon County Board of Commissioners Tuesday joined other counties around the Upper Peninsula in supporting Michigan mining. The action comes in a resolution supporting state House Bill 4227 to...

Wednesday, Mar. 20 Christian Men of the Northland, 6:30 a.m., Uptown Cafe, Ironwood. Red Cross blood drive, 11:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m., Memorial Building, 213 S. Marquette St. Alcoholics Anonymous, open meeting, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area7...

Tuesday, March 19 Gogebic-Ontonagon Community Action Agency food commodity distribution, 9-10 a.m., Pioneer Park Apartments, Ironwood. 906-667-0283. Iron-Gogebic Integrated Family Services, 9-10:30 a.m., Iron County Courthouse, Hurley. 906-663-4045...

Monday, March 18 Iron County Food Pantry, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., 72 Michigan Ave., Montreal, Wis. 715-561-4450. Alcoholics Anonymous, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Gogebic-Ontonagon Community Action Agency food commodity distribution,...

ONTONAGON – The Ontonagon Township Board Tuesday approved its 2019-2020 budget which includes a major improvement to the Ontonagon Township Park. The $549,126 budget includes funds to tear down the late Doug Filppula home, adjacent to the park and...

Saturday, March 16 Union Station Food Pantry and Northern Food Bank, 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., 252 E. Ayer St., Ironwood. “Solar Saturday”, 10 a.m., Mercer Public Library. Story Hour, 10 a.m., Wakefield Public Library Alcoholics Anonymous, 11 a.m.,...

Friday, March 15 Washington Elementary School Kindergarten registration, 8-11 a.m. and noon-2:30 p.m., Washington Elementary School, Bessemer. Mercer Cribbage, 9:30-11:30 a.m., Mercer Senior Center. Double Trouble, 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m., Serenity...

ONTONAGON — The thaw has begun. Wednesday will be the first day of spring. The partial thaw of three frost tubes located on three Ontonagon County highways was recorded by the Ontonagon County Road Commission Wednesday. The tubes are located on...

By RICHARD JENKINS rjenkins@yourdailyglobe.com EWEN — The districts that make up the Gogebic-Ontonagon Intermediate School District may be starting classes earlier next year as GOISD officials applied this week for a state waiver to begin classes...

Thursday, March 14 Spring Quiz Bowl Classic, 9 a.m., Gogebic Community College. Pickleball, 10 a.m.-noon., Ironwood Memorial Building. Gogebic County Veterans Service Officer, 10:30-11:30 a.m., Wakefield City Hall; 1-2 p.m., Watersmeet Township; 2:45...

ONTONAGON — The Ontonagon Village Council approved the 2019-2020 budget which is approximately $1 million less than last year. Total revenues and expenses in the new budget balance are at $3,266,245. The budget is significantly less than the...

Monday, March 11 Men’s Bible study, 8 a.m., Bessemer Housing Community, community room, 906-667-0469. Iron County Food Pantry, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., 72 Michigan Ave., Montreal, Wis. 715-561-4450. National Finnish American Festival board of directors, 10...

Saturday, March 9 Union Station Food Pantry and Northern Food Bank, 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., 252 E. Ayer St., Ironwood. Alcoholics Anonymous, 11 a.m., Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Community Pickleball Paddlers, 2-5 p.m., Mercer School...

By BRYAN HELLIOS bhellios@yourdailyglobe.com IRONWOOD — The U.S. Forest Service’s Ottawa National Forest is pursuing a land adjustment in Ontonagon County, which will convert a little more than 219 acres of land from private into public use....

Thursday, March 7 Red Cross blood drive, 9 a.m.-1 p.m., Bessemer High School, Bessemer. Pickleball, 10 a.m.-noon., Ironwood Memorial Building. Gogebic-Ontonagon Community Action Agency quarterly food commodity distribution for registered families,...

Wednesday, March 6 Christian Men of the Northland, 6:30 a.m., Uptown Cafe, Ironwood. Iron County Health Department Walk-in Clinic, 8:30 a.m.-noon. Gogebic-Ontonagon Community Action Agency quarterly food commodity distribution for registered...

Tuesday, March 5 Gogebic County Veterans Service Officer, 9:30-11:30 a.m., Ironwood Memorial Building. 906-667-1110. Pickleball, 10 a.m.-noon, Ironwood Memorial Building. UPHS-Marquette Regional Blood Center blood drive, 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Aspirus...

Monday, March 4 Iron County Food Pantry, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., 72 Michigan Ave., Montreal, Wis. 715-561-4450. Alcoholics Anonymous, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Iron County Mobiie Food Pantry, noon-1:30 p.m., Iron County Forestry...